This weekend I went to a band trip with my 12 year old as a chaperone. It started with band performances, ended with them (and me) at an amusement park all day.
I met a bunch of Middle Schoolers who were friends / acquaintances with my daughter. They referred to me as "cool," "legendary," "icon," and one said I was "an icon on par with Madonna." But...but why?
I think about that day and all I can think is that I'm an adult, a parent who was willing to engage with these kids. I talked with them about music, their hobbies, anime, video games, whatever they wanted to talk about. I listened and interacted. Apparently, that's enough to make me an icon.
It feels very basic. But, the fact that just this level of interaction felt out of the norm for them from their friend's parents that it made them call me an icon, I feel that says more about the other adults in their lives than it does about my awesomeness.
I am torn to and fro: I want to cry at how detached from nature many people have become.
But then I'm happy that someone has shown so much care. It's better to feed a hat bobble once too often - and the rescue centre is also happy about the publicity! 😁 But please beware of Tribbles! 😱
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope. --Ursula K. Le Guin
I really like these two colours together, but I'm finding it hard to get a photo to show them as they look to me - the colours are "plum" and "peacock"
This is a hat I've made as part of a set for a belated birthday gift for a colleague, once the snood is finished I'll get photos of them together and see if I have more luck getting the colours to look right in the photo!
Eleventh dedication for the artbook: Esther puts her hat on before leaving her cabin. Being a proper lady, she wouldn’t go out without a hat. Theme requested by Yves Le Meur, thanks for his trust!
I reuse a photo study of @sinituulia I already did last year.